Selecting Tracks

Tracks need to be selected for operations such as duplicating tracks or adding tracks to a group. One or more tracks can be selected at a time.

To select a track:

Click the name of an unhighlighted track in its track channel strip.

To select a range of tracks:

1 Click the name of an unhighlighted track in its track channel strip.

2 Shift-click an additional button.

All tracks between the first track selected and the additional track will also be selected.

To select or deselect noncontiguous tracks, do one of the following:

Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows) Track Name buttons that are unhighlighted to select them.

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Command-click (Mac) or Control-click (Windows) Track Name buttons that are highlighted to deselect them.

To select all tracks:

Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) any Track Name button that is unhighlighted.

To deselect all tracks:

Option-click (Mac) or Alt-click (Windows) any Track Name button that is highlighted.

Selecting Tracks when Making Edit Selections

Pro Tools lets you link Track selection with Edit selections. When Track and Edit selections are linked, you can make a selection within a track or across multiple tracks for editing and each associated track is selected (track names automatically highlight).

To link Track and Edit selections:

Select Options > Link Track and Edit Selection.